Tips for aspiring digital entrepreneurs
First published in Finweek, I was asked to share some tips for aspiring digital entrepreneurs. Here is what I put down, being a collection of my insights from experience in the entrepreneurial industry. Put 20% of your net asset value at risk Entrepreneurs usually start working on their business before leaving the support and financial…
Believe in yourself
Next weekend, thousands will descend on East London to participate in the Ironman 70.3. This video is for all of you, who are doubting yourselves, in the amount of training you’ve done, whether you’ll make the cut-off, or manage to survive Bunker’s Hill – twice. Believe in yourself. It’s the best race-fuel you could dream…
2015 – My stock portfolio view
This time last year, I blogged about my view on the upcoming year in the markets, and which shares I’d be holding to try and keep up with the Jones’. My sentiment at the time was that the US would return to growth and that the South African economy would come under pressure. Although the…
You’re too young to be an entrepreneur
In July, I went to New York with the lads from Webfluential with the aim of talking to PR and content agencies about providing the service in the US, and speaking to entrepreneurs about their experience in getting their small businesses to market there. It was very clear to me that the entrepreneurs, or at…
Graduating from white kort-broek to GQ’s best dressed
To disclaim, I have never been a good dresser. I have always appreciated fine fabrics and a bespoke suit, but never really pushed the envelope on dressing in an edgy or trendy way. I enjoy slim fitting European brands like Hugo Boss, Ben Sherman and Diesel. I’m lucky to have been included in the 2014…
Top tips for being a better man this summer
This isn’t a narcissistic article about what’s required to be me, nor suggesting that I’m an ideal man. What it is, though, is a collection of thoughts and observations from men I’ve met in life that inspire me to be more than my current self. Being a man, these days, means different things to different…
Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans – 2014
From a PhD in biomedical engineering to investment banker, digital agency boss to partner in the development of an innovative heart valve, Murray Legg would seem to have done it all. And well before his 30th birthday. It is difficult to define or place in a box someone with such diverse interests, who clearly knows…
Going viral. From Ebola to content and the secret sauce behind it.
This week saw the worst Ebola outbreak in history. It’s been talked about on the television, radio and social media. Everyone you talk to, knows that it’s happening, and deep down, whether a conscious awareness or not, has a little tinge of fear that they might contract the deadly virus. At the time of writing,…
The evolution of the web
Some might look at the World Wide Web as a story of creation over seven significant time periods. Others might see it as a story of evolution through daily, incremental improvements and additional services or experiences. Nonetheless, the history of the web is a short one, with the first piece of HTML code being written…